Texas A&M outfielder Nick Banks (Aaron Fitt)

Team USA Notebook: Money In The Banks

CARY, N.C. — The highlight of the 2015 campaign for the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team was its five-game series against the Cuban national team — which swept Team USA on Cuban soil last summer. The Americans avenged that series loss by winning this year’s series three games to two; they clinched the series with an 11-1 win in Charlotte on July 4, then dropped Monday’s series finale 4-1.

Team USA coach Ed Blankmeyer said his team wasn’t as focused Monday since the series had already been clinched. The veteran Cuban team also fared better in its second[…]